Regiment: MM S/S "Highbury" (London)

Last Name
Address
Narrative
Knight, John Edward
Apprentice
MM S/S "Highbury" (London)
15, BURLEIGH PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Providence Row, Beverley Road
       
Died on
31/05/1917
       
Aged
15
BORN HULL 1902. ELDEST SON OF EDWARD & DAISEY KNIGHT, OF 10, WORSLEY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL AND 15, BURLEIGH PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL ADDRESS. LOST ON THE MERCANT VESSEL "HIGHBURY". PRESUMED DROWNED ON 31/05/1917, AGE 15. HIS CWGC NAVAL ADDRESS, WAS 15, BURLEIGH PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE TRINITY H […]
Pitman, Ernest
1st Mate
MM S/S "Highbury" (London)
317, BOULEVARD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Boulevard
       
Died on
31/05/1917
       
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOHN ERENST JOHN PITMAN (1864-1921) & SARAH JANE NAYLOR (1864-1934), OF  317, BOULEVARD, HULL. HE HAD TWO SISTERS, SARAH JANE & ANNIE. HIS TWO BROTHERS JOSEPH & ABBOTT TAYLOR PITMAN, LIVED AT 342 BOULEVARD. HE JOINED THE MERCHANT NAVY AGED 17. SAILED WIDELY AND BECAME A SKIPPER IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESE […]